Working vehicle
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorsToru Tambo, Shunsuke Miyashita, Yasuaki Morioka, Kunihiko Nishino, Misako Kikumoto
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Abstract
To reduce complexity of operation when a working vehicle performs automatic steering, the working vehicle includes a vehicle body to be manually steered with a steering wheel or automatically steered to travel forward or rearward, an operator's seat on the vehicle body, a console located forward of the operator's seat or located on one side of the operator's seat, a first manual operator for automatic steering provided in or on the console, and a second manual operator for automatic steering attachable at a location rearward of the operator's seat.
Claims20
A working vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body to be manually steered with a steering wheel or automatically steered to travel forward or rearward;
- a controller configured or programmed to perform automatic steering of the vehicle body;
- an operator's seat on the vehicle body;
- a console located forward of the operator's seat or located on one side of the operator's seat;
- a first manual operator for automatic steering provided in or on the console and including a first switch to be operated to instruct the controller;
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- a second manual operator for automatic steering attachable at a location rearward of the operator's seat and including a second switch, having a same function as the first switch, to be operated to instruct the controller, wherein
- the controller is configured or programmed to, upon operation of one of the first and second switches, disable any operation of the other of the first and second switches until ending the automatic steering of the vehicle body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.